"his descendant. Gilderoy Lockhart's book on werewolves is entitled ""Weekends with Werewolves"" at one point and ""Wanderings with Werewolves"" later in the book. ""Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"" was met with near universal acclaim. In ""The Times"", Deborah Loudon described it as a children's book that would be ""re-read into adulthood"" and highlighted its ""strong plots, engaging characters, excellent jokes and a moral message which flows naturally from the story"". Fantasy author Charles de Lint agreed, and considered the second Harry Potter book to be just as good as ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"", a rare achievement"
"Harry Potter Harry Potter is a series of fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The main story arc concerns Harry's struggle against Lord Voldemort, a dark wizard who intends to become immortal, overthrow the wizard governing body known as the Ministry of Magic, and subjugate all wizards and Muggles (non-magical people). Since the release of the first novel, ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"", on 26"
"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling. The first novel in the ""Harry Potter"" series and Rowling's debut novel, it follows Harry Potter, a young wizard who discovers his magical heritage on his eleventh birthday, when he receives a letter of acceptance to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry makes close friends and a few enemies during his first year at the school, and with the help of his friends, Harry faces an attempted comeback by the dark wizard Lord Voldemort, who killed"
"Harry's parents, but failed to kill Harry when he was just 15 months old. The book was first published in the United Kingdom in 1997 by Bloomsbury. In 1998, it was published in the United States by Scholastic Corporation under the title Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. It won most of the British book awards that were judged by children and other awards in the US. The book reached the top of the ""New York Times"" list of best-selling fiction in August 1999 and stayed near the top of that list for much of 1999 and 2000. It has"
"in the US on 2 June 1999. ""Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"" was published a year later in the UK on 8 July 1999 and in the US on 8 September 1999. ""Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"" was published on 8 July 2000 at the same time by Bloomsbury and Scholastic. ""Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"" is the longest book in the series, at 766 pages in the UK version and 870 pages in the US version. It was published worldwide in English on 21 June 2003. ""Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"""
"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a fantasy book written by British author J. K. Rowling and the fourth novel in the ""Harry Potter"" series. It follows Harry Potter, a wizard in his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and the mystery surrounding the entry of Harry's name into the Triwizard Tournament, in which he is forced to compete. The book was published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury and in the United States by Scholastic; in both countries the release date was 8 July 2000, the first"
"the publisher of all ""Harry Potter"" books in the United Kingdom, on 30 June 1997. It was released in the United States on 1 September 1998 by Scholastic—the American publisher of the books—as ""Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"", after Rowling had received US$105,000 for the American rights—an unprecedented amount for a children's book by a then-unknown author. The second book, ""Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"" was originally published in the UK on 2 July 1998, and in the US on 2 June 1999. ""Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"" was then published a year later in"
"the UK on 8 July 1999, and in the US on 8 September 1999. ""Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"" was published on 8 July 2000 at the same time by Bloomsbury and Scholastic. ""Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"" is the longest book in the series at 766 pages in the UK version and 870 pages in the US version. It was published worldwide in English on 21 June 2003. ""Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"" was published on 16 July 2005, and it sold 9 million copies in the first 24 hours of its worldwide"
"US on 8 September 1999. ""Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"" was published on 8 July 2000 at the same time by Bloomsbury and Scholastic. ""Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"", the longest novel in the Harry Potter series, was released 21 June 2003. After the publishing of ""Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"", the seventh and final novel, ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"", was released 21 July 2007. The book sold 11 million copies within 24 hours of its release: 2.7 million copies in the UK and 8.3 million in the US. Rowling stated that"
"working as a researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International when she conceived the idea for the ""Harry Potter"" series while on a delayed train from Manchester to London in 1990. The seven-year period that followed saw the death of her mother, birth of her first child, divorce from her first husband and relative poverty until the first novel in the series, ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"", was published in 1997. There were six sequels, of which the last, ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"", was released in 2007. Since then, Rowling has written five books for adult readers:"
"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (released in the United States as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) is a 2001 fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is based on J. K. Rowling's 1997 novel of the same name. The film is the first instalment in the long-running ""Harry Potter"" film series and was written by Steve Kloves and produced by David Heyman. Its story follows Harry Potter's first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as he discovers that he is a famous wizard"
"Harry Potter books in simple Hindi. The magic spells are translated into Sanskrit for effect, echoing the fact that in the English edition, spells are rendered in Latin. The book covers of the Hindi series are identical to the covers of the American Scholastic edition, as stipulated by the rights owners. Manjul Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. Manjul Publishing House Pvt. Ltd (also known as Manjul Publications) is a publishing house in Bhopal, India. It is well known for the translation of the ""Harry Potter"" novels into Hindi. It was established in 1999. The first novel, ""Harry Potter aur Paras Pathar"""
"one of those things that a ""huge number of children at that age start to think about"". ""Goblet of Fire"" was the first book in the Harry Potter series to be released in the United States on the same date as the United Kingdom, on 8 July 2000, strategically on a Saturday so children did not have to worry about school conflicting with buying the book. It had a combined first-printing of over five million copies. It was given a record-breaking print run of 3.9 million. Three million copies of the book were sold over the first weekend in the"
"by Bloomsbury in 1997, with an initial print-run of 500 copies in hardback, 300 of which were distributed to libraries. By the end of 1997, the UK edition won a National Book Award and a gold medal in the 9- to 11-year-olds category of the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize. The second book, ""Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"", was originally published in the UK on 2 July 1998 and in the US on 2 June 1999. ""Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"" was then published a year later in the UK on 8 July 1999 and in the"
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the fifth novel in the ""Harry Potter"" series. It follows Harry Potter's struggles through his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, including the surreptitious return of the antagonist Lord Voldemort, O.W.L. exams, and an obstructive Ministry of Magic. The novel was published on 21 June 2003 by Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom, Scholastic in the United States, and Raincoast in Canada. Five million copies were sold in the first"
"James Potter (series) The ""James Potter"" series is an unofficial sequel-series of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter universe, written by G. Norman Lippert. The novel series centers around the character of James Sirius Potter, Harry Potter's son, a character who makes a fleeting appearance in the novel ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"". The series starts with his first year at Hogwarts, set one year before the end of the Harry Potter series. The first book in the series was intended to be released for free on Lippert's website in December 2007. J.K. Rowling threatened legal action against the book's publication"
"Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"" is the longest book in the series at 766 pages in the UK version and 870 pages in the US version. It was published worldwide in English on June 21, 2003. ""Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"" was published on July 16, 2005 and sold 11 million copies in the first 24 hours of its worldwide release. The seventh and final novel, ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"", was published on July 21, 2007. The book sold 11 million copies within 24 hours of its release: 2.7 million copies in the UK and"
"family throughout the series, and in his treatment of first Rubeus Hagrid and later Remus Lupin and Sirius Black as father-figures. The second book, ""Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"", was originally published in the UK on July 2, 1998 and later, in the US on June 2, 1999. ""Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"" was then published a year later in the UK on July 8, 1999 and in the US on September 8, 1999. ""Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"" was published on 8 July 2000 at the same time by Bloomsbury and Scholastic. ""Harry"
"""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"" in 1997 and ended with the seventh and final book ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"" in 2007; becoming the best selling book-series in history. The series has been translated into 67 languages, placing Rowling among the most translated authors in history. Adventure stories written specifically for children began in the 19th century. Early examples include Johann David Wyss' ""The Swiss Family Robinson"" (1812), Frederick Marryat's ""The Children of the New Forest"" (1847) and Harriet Martineau's ""The Peasant and the Prince"" (1856). The Victorian era saw the development of the genre, with W.H.G. Kingston,"
"Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the third in the ""Harry Potter"" series. The book follows Harry Potter, a young wizard, in his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Along with friends Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger, Harry investigates Sirius Black, an escaped prisoner from Azkaban who they believe is one of Lord Voldemort's old allies. The book was published in the United Kingdom on 8 July 1999 by Bloomsbury and in the United States on 8"
"June 1997; the second, ""Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"", was published on 2 July 1998; and the third, ""Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"", followed on 8 July 1999. ""Goblet of Fire"" is considerably longer than the first three; almost twice the size (the paperback edition was 636 pages). Rowling stated that she ""knew from the beginning it would be the biggest of the first four"". She said there needed to be a ""proper run-up"" for the conclusion and rushing the ""complex plot"" could confuse readers. She also stated that ""everything is on a bigger scale"" which"
"Years of Film Scores. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (released in the United States as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) is a 2001 fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is based on J. K. Rowling's 1997 novel of the same name. The film is the first instalment in the long-running ""Harry Potter"" film series and was written by Steve Kloves and produced by David Heyman. Its story follows Harry Potter's first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as he discovers that he"
"1997 with an initial print-run of 500 copies in hardback, three hundred of which were distributed to libraries. By the end of 1997, the UK edition won a National Book Award and a gold medal in the 9 to 11 year-olds category of the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize. The second novel, ""Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"", was published in the UK on 2 July 1998. ""Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"" was published a year later in the UK on 8 July 1999 and in the US on 8 September 1999. ""Harry Potter and the Goblet of"
"Part 1"" in November 2010, and ""Part 2"" in July 2011. Throughout the six previous novels in the series, the main character Harry Potter has struggled with the difficulties of adolescence along with being famous as the only wizard to survive the Killing Curse. The curse was cast by the evil Tom Riddle, better known as Lord Voldemort, a powerful evil wizard, who had murdered Harry's parents and attempted to kill Harry as a baby, in the belief this would frustrate a prophecy that Harry would become his equal. As an orphan, Harry was placed in the care of his"
"in November 2007. James Potter (series) The ""James Potter"" series is an unofficial sequel-series of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter universe, written by G. Norman Lippert. The novel series centers around the character of James Sirius Potter, Harry Potter's son, a character who makes a fleeting appearance in the novel ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"". The series starts with his first year at Hogwarts, set one year before the end of the Harry Potter series. The first book in the series was intended to be released for free on Lippert's website in December 2007. J.K. Rowling threatened legal action against"
"the year, Harry and his friends Ron and Hermione investigate the attacks. The book was published in the United Kingdom on 2 July 1998 by Bloomsbury and later, in the United States on 2 June 1999 by Scholastic Inc. Although Rowling says she found it difficult to finish the book, it won high praise and awards from critics, young readers and the book industry, although some critics thought the story was perhaps too frightening for younger children. Much like with other novels in the series, ""Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"" triggered religious debates; some religious authorities have condemned"
"was published on 16 July 2005; it sold 9 million copies in the first 24 hours of its worldwide release. The seventh and final novel, ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"", was published on 21 July 2007. The book sold 11 million copies in the first 24 hours of release, breaking down to 2.7 million copies in the UK and 8.3 million in the US. The series has been translated into 80 languages, placing Rowling among the most translated authors in history. The books have seen translations to diverse languages such as Korean, Armenian, Ukrainian, Arabic, Urdu, Hindi, Bengali, Bulgarian,"
"Fire"" was published on 8 July 2000 simultaneously by Bloomsbury and Scholastic. ""Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"" is the longest book from the series, yet the second shortest film at 2 hours and 18 minutes. After the publishing of ""Order of the Phoenix"", the sixth book of the series, ""Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"", was published on 16 July 2005, and sold 9 million copies in the first 24 hours of its worldwide release. The seventh and final novel, ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"", was published 21 July 2007. The book sold 11 million copies"
"deemed taboo, saw significant critical and commercial success. A flip-side of this trend was a strong revived interest in the romance novel. With an increase in number of teenagers the genre ""matured, blossomed, and came into its own, with the better written, more serious, and more varied young adult books (than those) published during the last two decades"". The first novel in J.K. Rowling's seven-book ""Harry Potter"" series, ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"", was published in 1997. The series was praised for its complexity and maturity, and attracted a wide adult audience. While not technically YA, its success led"
"11 million copies in the first day of release in the United Kingdom and United States. The book's last chapter was one of the earliest things she wrote in the entire series. ""Harry Potter"" is now a global brand worth an estimated US$15 billion, and the last four ""Harry Potter"" books have consecutively set records as the fastest-selling books in history. The series, totalling 4,195 pages, has been translated, in whole or in part, into 65 languages. The ""Harry Potter"" books have also gained recognition for sparking an interest in reading among the young at a time when children were"
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the sixth and penultimate novel in the ""Harry Potter"" series. Set during protagonist Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts, the novel explores the past of Harry's nemesis, Lord Voldemort, and Harry's preparations for the final battle against Voldemort alongside his headmaster and mentor Albus Dumbledore. The book was published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury, and in the United States by Scholastic on 16 July 2005, as well as in several other countries. It sold nine"
"of the group's ""reading, rocking, all ages"" vision. Harry and the Potters (album) Harry and the Potters is the eponymous debut studio album by indie rock band Harry and the Potters, released in June 2003. The album was inspired by the first four novels in the ""Harry Potter"" book series. The origin of ""Harry and the Potters"" is rooted in accident. After reading the Harry Potter books, Paul DeGeorge formulated the premise for Harry and the Potters where the principle Harry Potter characters would be the musicians: Harry as the front man, Ron on guitar, Hermione on bass and Hagrid"
"Harry and the Potters (album) Harry and the Potters is the eponymous debut studio album by indie rock band Harry and the Potters, released in June 2003. The album was inspired by the first four novels in the ""Harry Potter"" book series. The origin of ""Harry and the Potters"" is rooted in accident. After reading the Harry Potter books, Paul DeGeorge formulated the premise for Harry and the Potters where the principle Harry Potter characters would be the musicians: Harry as the front man, Ron on guitar, Hermione on bass and Hagrid on drums. Then a crisis of sorts struck"